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Fans of television's long-running "Soul Train" will now have the chance to purchase DVDs of the pioneering dance show.

Francis Lawrence may be reuniting with his "I Am Legend" star Will Smith for a fantastical drama titled "The City That Sailed" at Twentieth Century Fox.

Comcast has partnered with the U.S. Olympic Committee to launch a new standalone cable network dedicated to the nation's premiere athletes.

KTTV and NBC-TV led the pack of nominees for the 61st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards with 16 noms each.

"Bruno" has bowed in high style Down Under. Sacha Baron Cohen's R-rated comedy about a fictional gay fashionista from Austria already has Australia in a tizzy.

Ken Sunshine is well known in the entertainment business. One of his biggest jobs has been as spokesperson for the legendary Jackson family.

Comedy Central has acquired the off-network syndication rights to NBC's "30 Rock." It will share the cable window of the Emmy-winning comedy series with WGN America for a combined license fee said to be in the range of $800,000 an episode, surpassing cable sales of other recent comedy offerings such as "The Office," "My Name Is Earl" and ...

After more than two years of negotiations, the U.S. Olympic Committee is ready to introduce a network devoted solely to Olympic sports.

Gaby is in for more trouble with the newest addition to the Solises household. Maiara Walsh is joining the cast of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as a regular next season after guest starring in the last two episodes this past season.

Pan-European TV shingle Banijay Entertainment has set up a joint venture in the U.S. with reality format mavens Chris Cowan and Jean-Michel Michenaud.

Beau Bridges has rounded out the principal cast of "Columbus Circle," an indie thriller directed and co-written by George Gallo.

Anthony Mackie completes the list of leading thesps for the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Bacchae." Mackie, who recently appeared in the Public's production of "The Good Negro," will play Pentheus, the king who is punished for his refusal to worship Dionysus, in the play by Euripides.

Will Arnett, Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milo Ventimiglia, Channing Tatum are some of the stars that have signed up for Mean Magazine's Cinemash, which re-creates scenes from prominent movies in short online films.

Zach Galifianakis has one of the biggest hits of the summer in "The Hangover." Now he's being very careful before he orders his next drink.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" Updated studio estimates Monday made it pretty clear who was No.

Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Music lovers weren't the only ones drawn to the King of Pop. Wooed by his global fame and earning power, a bevy of financial firms ponied up tens of millions to finance the singer's luxe lifestyle and kick-start his troubled career.

He is part of the U.K. reality invasion: Four years after moving from the U.K. to Los Angeles, unscripted producer Simon Andreae has several series on the air and in the works on U.S. cable networks.

Katherine Jackson arrives at Michael Jackson's home on June 28, 2009 More Michael Jackson coverage Michael Jackson's mother, having won temporary guardianship of her late son's three children, is now attempting to take control of the King of Pop's estate, according to a person close to the court proceedings.

NBC News has scheduled its controversial To-Catch-a-Terrorist investigative program, where an elite team hunts war criminals.